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Life in a Cottage Garden [Hardcover]

Carol Klein (Author), Jonathan Buckley (Author)
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Book Description

Publication Date: 6 Jan 2011

In this wonderful gardening journal, which accompanies the BBC2 series of the same name, Carol Klein, with characteristic warmth and eloquence, tells us the story of a year in her beautiful garden at Glebe Cottage. With superb photography throughout, she takes us on a procession through the seasons, as she plans and plants, sows seeds and nurtures cuttings, tends the borders, and harvests her crops.

Her energy, knowledge and enthusiasm are an inspiration in every month of the year.

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Product details

  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: BBC Books; 1st Edition edition (6 Jan 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 9781846078712
  • ISBN-13: 978-1846078712
  • ASIN: 1846078717
  • Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 2.7 x 25.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 32,132 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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In this 6 x 60 BBC2 series and accompanying book, Carol Klein tells the story of a year in her stunning garden at Glebe Cottage in Devon

About the Author

Gardening expert, broadcaster and writer Carol Klein is familiar to all as a permanent presenter on Gardeners' World, but she is also the owner of a thriving nursery business, Glebe Cottage Plants, and she contributes to a number of publications, including Garden News, Gardens Illustrated and the Guardian. She is also the author of three other books, Grow Your Own Veg, Grow Your Own Fruit and Plant Personalities.

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92 of 93 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Carol Klein at her classiest 10 Jan 2011
By emma who reads a lot TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Hardcover
This is a rather beautifully produced, heavy book, with a cloth spine just like Monty Don's Ivington or Nigel Slater's Kitchen Diaries. The photography by Jonathan Buckley is really gorgeous, at its best in tiny details and landscape views. And beyond the aesthetic element there's the main attraction: Carol Klein's writing, very inspiring, knowledgable, and open and friendly too.

The book is arranged month by month and covers a year in the life at Glebe Cottage- Klein's family home for many years, and where she runs her nursery business. Gardening books that are also garden diaries have a special charm, and this one is particularly delightful for its strong sense of the seasonal changes from snowdrops to bluebells to euphorbias to gladioli ("a divisive issue amongst gardeners":-)).

You can count on Carol for an unusual view of things and a lifetime of expertise to share. There's the element of chance: encounters with wildlife, unexpected plant combinations and honesty about things going wrong. As you'd expect from a nurserywoman, she is passionate about propagation and there's some good tips. And of course the book offers the delights of knowing exactly what plants a gardener you admire has in their plot.

This is not a reference book, it's a gorgeous take-to-bed winter gardening book which will give pause for thought, bring new plants into your life, and just remind you how much you are looking forward to spring. I'm so glad that BBC books have finally seen fit to publish Carol Klein, who is a wonderful gardening writer, in the kind of style she has always deserved. Don't be deceived by her brightly coloured, slightly punky outfits and hairdos: this is a really classy book, as classy as the gardener herself.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Life in a cottage garden 2 Feb 2011
By Calverb
Format:Hardcover
I would highly recommend this book. Each photograph is very well composed with excellent attention to detail to evoke not only the relevant season, but also to impart planting ideas for a natural look and use of colour, which some critiques might say is chaotic but, is definitely the authentic English Cottage Garden look. There is also an abundance of plant information and tips. This lady definitely has a gift for being in harmony with nature. She has the same harmony with people who increasingly identify with her approach to gardening.
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40 of 43 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Glebe cottage wonders 8 Jan 2011
By Brucethegardener
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Hurrah for Carol Klein!
Another well constructed and highly enjoyable book to accompany a new TV series about this cottage garden in Devon.
Both text and pictures are well laid out and the reader is introduced to the seasons within the garden.
Its just the thing to get us through the gloom of winter and fire up our imaginations of what could be in our plots!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Gardening book with a difference 24 Feb 2011
By Suzie
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a book to savour by reading it from cover to cover as I have, but you could equally dip into it for hints and tips relating to a specific time of year. It's literally a year in the life of Carol's own garden at Glebe Cottage in Devon. As the months pass, you experience the chill of snow-covered winter borders, the hopefulness of Spring and lush exuberance of Summer, and the fiery tints of Autumn. You peer through the shortening days of November and into December, the darkest month of the year.

We don't have a television so I've never seen Carol in action but I've always enjoyed her articles in gardening magazines. In this book she comes over as a warm and energetic person, dedicated to gardening in a natural, environmentally friendly way. As an aside, I was delighted to discover that her birthday is the day before mine and that she's the same age.

The style is rich in detail and beautiful imagery, accompanied on every page by gorgeous photographs. Although it feels more like a story than a textbook, there's no shortage of hints and advice and plenty of ideas to tempt and inspire. The only thing that annoyed me, and so slightly that it's the most minor of niggles, was the strange typeface that produced a circle above two adjoining letters, often s and t, in the opening section of each chapter. I've not seen it before and thought it distracting and gimmicky, but it's not serious enough to spoil a wonderful book.

If you're at all interested in gardens it's a gardening book with a difference, and it would make a superb present for a gardening friend or relative.... Read more ›
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT BOOK 15 Jan 2011
By Joyce Justice
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I like Carol Klein and watch her programmes on television so this book was a must for me. Found the book to have a lot of very helpful advice especially for someone just starting out in gardening
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Life in a Cottage Garden 14 Feb 2011
By tryan
Format:Hardcover
If you want a gardening instruction manual this book is not for you. It is a well written and beautifully photographed gardening diary written over one year by a truly inspirational plantswoman - Carol Klein. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and have already bought some of the plants & seeds recommended. A word of warning though this is not a book for the gardening novice, as it assumes a high level of understanding of gardening jargon and techniques.

In summary then a hugely inspiring read for the experienced gardener.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars intersting
I liked the developing diary theme and was easier to follow without the over enthusiastic Carol in my living room
Published 16 days ago by nostellgreenlady
5.0 out of 5 stars Yet another lovely book from Carol Klein
I've been hooked on Carol's books ever since I purchased 'Grow your own garden' a couple of years ago. Read more
Published 23 days ago by MR AE JOHNSON
5.0 out of 5 stars SUPERB!!
THIS IS A SUPERB BOOK - TO BE READ OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IT IS AN EXCELLENT ACCOMPANIMENT TO THE BBC SERIES OF THE SAME NAME. Read more
Published 2 months ago by RICHARD LAST
5.0 out of 5 stars Life in a Cottage Garden
An excellent book giving you tips on what do throughout the year in an informal and friendly way that you can relate to.
Published 2 months ago by Mrs P A Holmes
5.0 out of 5 stars Life in a Cottage Garden
This is a lovely book + the photo's.I like watching Carol on gardening programmes as she's so enthusiastic,Devon lovely too.
Published 4 months ago by Fred's Mum
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Book!
A wonderful book which I found hard to put down. Not a reference book, as such, but still can be full of ideas. Written in a knowledgable, friendly way. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Penny
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book
I have had the pleasure to meet with Carol at Glebe Cottage and she is a great lady full of enthusiasm and fun exactly as she comes over both in her books and on the television. Read more
Published 5 months ago by valerie cottrell
5.0 out of 5 stars Carol's loveliest book so far
This sumptuous book is a personal account of Carol Klein's year in her own garden, with the usual superb photography from her long-time collaborator, Jonathan Buckley. Read more
Published 15 months ago by downkiddie
5.0 out of 5 stars Origional
This is a book for gardeners with an appreciation for the less formal type of garden where plants fit the garden rather than being placed geometrically within a planned space. Read more
Published 17 months ago by A.W.Fitter of No2 RS
5.0 out of 5 stars A 5 Star gardening book from Carol of Gardeners world fame
Carol takes us through her gardening year from January to December with a breathtaking kaliderscope of words and stunningly beautiful photographs. Read more
Published 17 months ago by raygolf
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